Team

BrettNoyes

Founder | Director

Brett Noyes is the founder and Director of Unbank.Ventures. He has organized and created incubator programs for Techstars, Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH Festival) and Tim Draper (DFJ/Draper University). In these roles he built relationships with top rated accelerator programs throughout the world including 500(FinTech) Startups, Techstars, YCombinator, CFSI, Yodlee and QCFinTech. Noyes has a passion for FinTech and developing early stage founders/companies.

EmilyHighstreet

Co-Founder | Marketing Advisor

Emily Highstreet has expertise in marketing strategy with a focus on demand generation. She has project experience working with Google and several venture backed startups. Emily has been influential in developing digital marketing strategy for Unbank.Ventures portfolio companies.

KatieDoherty

Program Director

Katie Doherty is a Harvard Graduate with experience developing partnerships for Singularity University and Runway Incubator. Katie has worked to develop the Unbank.Ventures curriculum and is responsible for mentor matching for cohort companies.

JonYoung

Curriculum Development | Coach

Jon Young formerly worked for Jason Calacanis as the product manager for the Ticker. The Ticker is a weekly analyst report for venture capitalists. Jon helps Unbank.Ventures companies prepare investor communication, pitch decks and on-stage pitches.

KerstinKaru

Curriculum Development | Coach

Kerstin Karu is a former Draper University entrepreneur in residence and startup founder. She currently works for a Steve Blank company called Lean Launchpad, where she teaches corporates how to implement startup methodology into their product development. Kerstin works on the curriculum development team and works with companies to prepare for investor pitches.

OtterOstby

Executive Assistant

Every startup needs a dog. What every startup needs but cannot afford is an executive assistant. At Unbank.Ventures we are working towards hiring an executive assistant. In the meantime, Otter is our guy! If you receive an email that does not make sense it probably came from the dog...not the founder. 😉

MarceloRusso

Associate

Marcelo is a graduate from UC Berkeley Extension with a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Project Management. Marcelo helps on managing the program and on administrative tasks.